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host: how big a deal is this at the pentagon? guest: this is a big deal for the pentagon. the information in this gao report as well as the associated press report last week is usually embarrassing for the pentagon. they say this is a program we need to take a second -- take a second look at. note thatrtant to there is progress being made. people are being maimed and their names are getting back to their families but it is the inefficiency as to the speed at which that is happening is blistering. host: who is general mckeaugue who runs jpac? guest: his name will be in the spotlight. they would like to see him testify about where this effort has gone off the rails. the joint pow mia accounting -- accounting command based in hawaii. 83,000 or so americans are still missing in action. according to jpac. gave, most that you of those were from world war ii, 73,000. most are on discoverable? guest: at this time, yes. the technology does not allow us to go to the bottom of the atlantic ocean or the pacific ocean. i think it is important to remember that jpac and the general and h
host: how big a deal is this at the pentagon? guest: this is a big deal for the pentagon. the information in this gao report as well as the associated press report last week is usually embarrassing for the pentagon. they say this is a program we need to take a second -- take a second look at. note thatrtant to there is progress being made. people are being maimed and their names are getting back to their families but it is the inefficiency as to the speed at which that is happening is...
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they argue his war experience as an enlisted man is a major plus at the pentagon. >> students from sandy hook elementary school will perform at the super bowl. more than two dozen students are heading to new orleans. the children are survivors from the shooting rampage. paris casualties in america the beautiful. they're going to sing america the beautiful. >> how they are planning to help underwater home owners. >> more help may be on the way for underwater homeowners. sources saying that members of congress are getting ready to introduce bills that will expand government refinance programs. the treasury department is still planning to step in and pay for interest rate modification for some struggling homeowners. after a slew of nightmares for boeing streamliners the aircraft makers say they're moving forward. there remain grounded and despite to safety failures and server reliability issues with the batteries they say that no change in batteries are planned. fourth quarter earnings are better than estimated. the rise in jobless claims offset the jump in personal income and earnings repo
they argue his war experience as an enlisted man is a major plus at the pentagon. >> students from sandy hook elementary school will perform at the super bowl. more than two dozen students are heading to new orleans. the children are survivors from the shooting rampage. paris casualties in america the beautiful. they're going to sing america the beautiful. >> how they are planning to help underwater home owners. >> more help may be on the way for underwater homeowners. sources...
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host: if you do not cut from the pentagon, where does the money come from? guest: well, twofold when you try to balance the budget. i used to teach home economics. you can decrease spending or increase revenue. first and foremost, if we could put some revenue-enhancing opportunities for growth, and i'm not talking about tax increases, but getting jobs back, that would bring more revenue back into the country. something simple is to approve the keystone pipeline, which would provide more jobs. if we could provide more certainty for job creators, i know businesses would grow. he would hire. a part of that is to have certainty about our health care intem, which right now is major turmoil. employers do not know what to expect from the president's health care plan and their implications, so they are not hiring and they are laying off workers. if we could get that right, that would make a huge difference for our economy. the other thing is to spend wisely. budget,60% of the mandatory spending categories, and that is driving up the budget. it is time to be smart an
host: if you do not cut from the pentagon, where does the money come from? guest: well, twofold when you try to balance the budget. i used to teach home economics. you can decrease spending or increase revenue. first and foremost, if we could put some revenue-enhancing opportunities for growth, and i'm not talking about tax increases, but getting jobs back, that would bring more revenue back into the country. something simple is to approve the keystone pipeline, which would provide more jobs....
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a new outrage for taxpayers, pentagon likely to tou teradyne state-of-the-art facility in afghanistan. u.s. forces will likely never use. three years ago commanders warned the pentagon they didn't need the massive operation center that rivals itself. operations move forward. the afghans cannot afford it parked the because it is wired for american appliances, the military says it is investigating what went wrong. the white house today vowing to take its time deciding whether to freeze aid to egypt while avoiding a military coup. this is the pentagon moving ahead with plans to send for more fighter jets to the egyptian military. joining us now is former army brigadier general, commande comf the first infantry division along with many more prestigious, prominent commands. great to have you with us. >> thank you. lou: let's start with the idea in a state senator johnnmccain saying the united states should cut off aid to egypt. your thoughts. >> historically egypt, israel, greece, turkey have received the bulk of the u.s. aid for the military, but in this case i think with the changing dyn
a new outrage for taxpayers, pentagon likely to tou teradyne state-of-the-art facility in afghanistan. u.s. forces will likely never use. three years ago commanders warned the pentagon they didn't need the massive operation center that rivals itself. operations move forward. the afghans cannot afford it parked the because it is wired for american appliances, the military says it is investigating what went wrong. the white house today vowing to take its time deciding whether to freeze aid to...
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i don't think it's just about the pentagon. but the pentagon is the biggest bill payer in the sequestration. so there's a lot of attention being focused on it. host: we're talking about the bloomberg government posing new report on defense contracts spending where they found the top tender's 642012 defense contracts spending included eight democrats and two republicans. chris in jamaica, new york, independent. caller: my question concerned the outsourcing of contracts overseas. you covered how we breakdown the contracts across the united states. i was wondering what percentage of contracts are outsourced overseas? i know than it supports the economies overseas more than ours. i was just curious about that. also, you mentioned this morning about the f-35. are -- i spot the f-22 was going to be the last land jet -- manned jet aircraft moving forward. host: got it. guest: the outsourcing contracts overseas, a lot of the support for our bases overseas go to foreign companies. everything from picking up the trash at a base in german
i don't think it's just about the pentagon. but the pentagon is the biggest bill payer in the sequestration. so there's a lot of attention being focused on it. host: we're talking about the bloomberg government posing new report on defense contracts spending where they found the top tender's 642012 defense contracts spending included eight democrats and two republicans. chris in jamaica, new york, independent. caller: my question concerned the outsourcing of contracts overseas. you covered how...
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so the pentagon is looking into what areas it could cut from maintenance on warships to military base operations. last friday the pentagon announced layoffs for 46,000 contract and temporary civilian employees. 46,000. so if chuck hagel makes it through this mine field of senate confirmation questions, he'll inherit another challenge which is how to manage and advocate on behalf of a gigantic government department that believes it has been reduced to scrounging for change. joining me tonight to talk about this is fred kaplan, fred is the author of a terrific new book about general petraeus called "the insuragainst." fred. thank for joining me. >> thank you. >> jennifer: what could we do to cut defense spending that would still leave us prepared for future conflicts? in light of the sequester, et cetera, what do we need to do -- how do we need to focus the cuts. >> on the see questation this was a deal that congress made. everybody would be faced with the same pressure. the defense budget is going to be cut quite a bit no matter what happens because of the fiscal pressures and the fact
so the pentagon is looking into what areas it could cut from maintenance on warships to military base operations. last friday the pentagon announced layoffs for 46,000 contract and temporary civilian employees. 46,000. so if chuck hagel makes it through this mine field of senate confirmation questions, he'll inherit another challenge which is how to manage and advocate on behalf of a gigantic government department that believes it has been reduced to scrounging for change. joining me tonight to...
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from 19,300 two years ago, a number the pentagon says is unacceptable. krusinski has been removed from his job, but that will not change the reality that the pentagon's own figures show sexual assaults are on the rise in the military. th pelley: david, thank you. overseas, syria's dictator has ade no effort to retaliate against israel from those surprise air strikes. over the weekend, israeli jets bombed a military complex near damascus. ot was unrelated to syria's civil war. the israelis claim that iranian missiles were stored in the complex and were going to be shipped to hezbollah, a lebanese terror group that is israel's sworn enemy. onen pizzey is in tel aviv following developments for us. >> reporter: the israeli air terike on a syrian weapons warehouse raised little outcry in the middle east, partly because the iranian missiles kept there were seen as a legitimate threat to israel and partly because president bashar al-assad has little support after two years of war in which 80,000 syrians have been killed. according to retired israeli military in
from 19,300 two years ago, a number the pentagon says is unacceptable. krusinski has been removed from his job, but that will not change the reality that the pentagon's own figures show sexual assaults are on the rise in the military. th pelley: david, thank you. overseas, syria's dictator has ade no effort to retaliate against israel from those surprise air strikes. over the weekend, israeli jets bombed a military complex near damascus. ot was unrelated to syria's civil war. the israelis claim...
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race have to be part of it to my cuts have to be part of it, the pentagon estimate contribution to the effort. we put everything of the table and can get from where we are to where we need to be. that is common-sense. tugging in opposite directions. we did have a group of the ten of us were making an effort in the house to do similar to what the gang of six was trying to do we have to continue that. what i think we can do is work at a lower level whereby actually passing legislation it might be the redistricting commission will be is are 20 democrats and 20 republicans are working together in demanding a that we put this on the floor. we show up an advocate together for taking a step forward. it is by that example in getting some small successes that are meaningful that we can change the way congress is functioning. >> congressman, we will come back. >> believe it or not there was a group. i was part of it. it was called go big, and at the height there was 140 members to a bipartisan bicameral, and we met several times and/or actually making and repairing a lot of ideas on the table. t
race have to be part of it to my cuts have to be part of it, the pentagon estimate contribution to the effort. we put everything of the table and can get from where we are to where we need to be. that is common-sense. tugging in opposite directions. we did have a group of the ten of us were making an effort in the house to do similar to what the gang of six was trying to do we have to continue that. what i think we can do is work at a lower level whereby actually passing legislation it might be...
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as noted, comptroller of the pentagon today. one of the top officials, eadviser to the secretary of defense in all matters financial, not only in terms of building budgets and trying to execute them and execute efficiencies and reforms within the defense budget. bob has a long career in national security. he was navy officer at the beginning of his career. he worked for the center for naval analysises, worked for the logistics institute and he was my boss to congressional budget office during the period -- well, for a number of years, but including during the period when the berlin wall has just come down and we are were building a post-colored -- post cold war military. bob was the comptroller of the air force during the clinton administration and has also been the executive director of the american society of military comptrollers so join me in welcome us one of my favorite defense budget experts, robert hale. [applause] >> good morning. how is everybody doing? good. listen, i'm glad to be here, for a number of ropes. one of t
as noted, comptroller of the pentagon today. one of the top officials, eadviser to the secretary of defense in all matters financial, not only in terms of building budgets and trying to execute them and execute efficiencies and reforms within the defense budget. bob has a long career in national security. he was navy officer at the beginning of his career. he worked for the center for naval analysises, worked for the logistics institute and he was my boss to congressional budget office during...
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. >>> now to a dramatic and contentious day of testimony for the man the president wants to run the pentagon. former republican senator and decorated vietnam combat veteran, chuck hagel, already under fire before today. he got a rough treatment at today's hearing. kelly o'donnell is on the hill tonight with details. kelly, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. tough questions were expected, but the real surprise today came in how chuck hagel handled the all-day scrutiny. at times appearing unprepared or off his game. and that's after hagel had dozens of personal meetings with senators, trying to win their support to become the next secretary of defense. >> right up the stairs, sir. >> reporter: chuck hagel would break new ground as the first enlisted man, first vietnam veteran, to run the pentagon. and first cabinet nominee to get the super pac treatment. tv ads against his confirmation. >> chuck hagel is not a responsible option. >> reporter: but it was hagel's former colleagues and even friends who waged a coordinated attack today on hagel's judgment. john mccain seized on hagel'
. >>> now to a dramatic and contentious day of testimony for the man the president wants to run the pentagon. former republican senator and decorated vietnam combat veteran, chuck hagel, already under fire before today. he got a rough treatment at today's hearing. kelly o'donnell is on the hill tonight with details. kelly, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. tough questions were expected, but the real surprise today came in how chuck hagel handled the all-day...
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the pentagon has now fixed the problem. >> bigger want bomb and big are the explosion. >> the ramerals have been showed a video of the bomb tested it is the largest nonnuclear weapon in the pentagon's arsnil it impressive . demstating to the israeli that the u.s. has aint to deal with iran a underground facility. on the first trip to israel. chuck hagel finalized a large convedges weapon's deal including state of the art b22 ospray aircraft and did not include the mop. he discussed iran with the israeli counter part. >> our position is that iran will not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon. the prevention of iran from developing a nuclear period. >> western intelligence believes that iran has multiple nuclear facilities and deep underground. hardened with steel and concrete. one facility is inside of a mountain near kom. -- qom. >> this is improvements on this large bunker busting bomb that has one tarket in mind. the buried nuclear facility in iran is certainly one step to establish the military credibility. >> that will discourage the israelis from acting alone against iran and se
the pentagon has now fixed the problem. >> bigger want bomb and big are the explosion. >> the ramerals have been showed a video of the bomb tested it is the largest nonnuclear weapon in the pentagon's arsnil it impressive . demstating to the israeli that the u.s. has aint to deal with iran a underground facility. on the first trip to israel. chuck hagel finalized a large convedges weapon's deal including state of the art b22 ospray aircraft and did not include the mop. he discussed...
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this is the pentagon has moved ahead to send more fighter jets to the egyptian military. joining us is general david grange, former army brigadier general, former commander of the first infantry division along with many more prestigious prominent commands. general, great to have you with us. >> thank you, lou. >> let's start with the why the idea that senator john mccain, a military man, saying the united states should cut off aid to egypt. your thoughts? >> well, historically egypt, israel, greece, turkey have received the bulk of the aid, u.s. aid for the military. but in this case, i think with the changing dynamics in this area and egypt is a very important country in the middle east and north africa. i think it would probably be a good idea to maybe commit the aid and not provide it until the dust settles on what type of government, how they treat the people and their place in the region. >> the interim government bringing in the muslim brotherhood, we do not know whether at the behest or the insistence of the obama administration. but we do know that saudi arabia an
this is the pentagon has moved ahead to send more fighter jets to the egyptian military. joining us is general david grange, former army brigadier general, former commander of the first infantry division along with many more prestigious prominent commands. general, great to have you with us. >> thank you, lou. >> let's start with the why the idea that senator john mccain, a military man, saying the united states should cut off aid to egypt. your thoughts? >> well, historically...
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senate republican ares block the president's choice to run the pentagon. as gop senators demand more answers about the benghazi terror attack, white house charges they are playing politics with national security. we talk with the man leading the call for more information, senator lindsey graham. his tee party response to the state of the union speech was critical to both the president and the gop. we will ask senator rand paul what he thinks of the obama agenda as well as republican policy. also, it is less than two weeks until big automatic spending cuts kick in. we will ask the sunday panel will congress will reach a deal before the sequester deadline. and outraged our power player of the week helps the senate make history by keeping track of history. all right now on "fox news sunday." >> chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. senate republicans made history this week, blocking a nominee for defense is secretary for the first time ever. they are demanding more information about the nominee former senator chuck hagel and about the benghazi t
senate republican ares block the president's choice to run the pentagon. as gop senators demand more answers about the benghazi terror attack, white house charges they are playing politics with national security. we talk with the man leading the call for more information, senator lindsey graham. his tee party response to the state of the union speech was critical to both the president and the gop. we will ask senator rand paul what he thinks of the obama agenda as well as republican policy....
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the tricare system is the fastest-growing part of the pentagon budget. tricare spending has risen from 18 billion in 2001 to 56 billion today. this is largely the result of wartime decisions, including expanding tricare to include national guard and reserve, which it did not before because they made up 40% of the fighting force, keeping copays and enrollment fees extremely low so that the price for troops and retirees is a tiny fraction of the private sector cost. and during this time, the cost of private sector health insurance has skyrocketed, so the differential between getting health insurance in the tricare system versus in the private sector has gone from 3-1 to 9-1. so the number of people eligible for tricare who participating in the system has risen from 22% to 59% as a result of basic economics. in addition, the raw numbers of claims in the tricare system has risen extensively. for example, behavioral counseling, health counseling for troops and families rose by 65%. counseling for the children of troops has risen by 85%. medical visits from ac
the tricare system is the fastest-growing part of the pentagon budget. tricare spending has risen from 18 billion in 2001 to 56 billion today. this is largely the result of wartime decisions, including expanding tricare to include national guard and reserve, which it did not before because they made up 40% of the fighting force, keeping copays and enrollment fees extremely low so that the price for troops and retirees is a tiny fraction of the private sector cost. and during this time, the cost...
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around the sequester and how the pentagon budget is going to proceed not only over this next year but over the next few years. what's it going to mean between congress and the pentagon once chuck hagel's in charge after they made him go through this? >> well, if the president thought that by having a republican in the cabinet at the pentagon he was going to buy any kind of loyalty or relationship with republican senators, he can think again about that. because this simply isn't happening. chuck hagel is not going to have relationships with the people who have just humiliated him to this degree. secondly, he was weak eened by s own poor performance. and whether he was playing rope-a-dope and this was a deliberate tactic, as they say, to not pick a fight and get into an argument in a public forum with john mccain and the others on the committee that he would then have to work with, he didn't fight back enough claire mccaskill and other democrats, claire you saw on our show and others saying look, he clearly is better at asking questions than answering questions but still came strongly t
around the sequester and how the pentagon budget is going to proceed not only over this next year but over the next few years. what's it going to mean between congress and the pentagon once chuck hagel's in charge after they made him go through this? >> well, if the president thought that by having a republican in the cabinet at the pentagon he was going to buy any kind of loyalty or relationship with republican senators, he can think again about that. because this simply isn't happening....
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national security correspondent jennifer griffin reports tonight from the pentagon. >> reporter: national security adviser susan rice told president hamid karzai if he did not sign a security agreement promptly, the u.s. would have no choice but to pull all u.s. and nato troops out by the end of 2014. karzai rebuffed 2500 tribal elders who debated for four days. the group agreed the afghan leader should sign a deal. karzai indicated he would not sign the agreement before he steps down as president in april, but he will try to squeeze more concessions from the americans. >> translator: we will fix the agreement and continue our negotiations on it with america. >> reporter: he demanded a release from afghan prisoners from guantanamo bay. some experts say karzai is trying to separate himself from past afghan leaders. >> that has influenced him to make it seem like he's intransigent, that he's willing to stand up to the foreigners. >> reporter: failure to sign the security agreement could mean that afghanistan loses $8 billion in aid. and in pakistan, the government ignored pleas from u.s. of
national security correspondent jennifer griffin reports tonight from the pentagon. >> reporter: national security adviser susan rice told president hamid karzai if he did not sign a security agreement promptly, the u.s. would have no choice but to pull all u.s. and nato troops out by the end of 2014. karzai rebuffed 2500 tribal elders who debated for four days. the group agreed the afghan leader should sign a deal. karzai indicated he would not sign the agreement before he steps down as...
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from the white house, the pentagon and the middle east. plans for a potential military strike on syria are clearly a tough sell here at home, but arizona senator john mccain, who ran against president obama for the white house, warns a no-vote from congress could be catastrophic. nearly two weeks has passed since at alleged massive and deadly chemical weapons attack inside syria. the u.s. claims the assault killed more than 1,400 people, including more than 400 children. and secretary of state john kerry says u.s. intelligence concluded with high confidence the syrian government was responsible. over this weekend, president obama has said he's decided to seek approval from members of congress before launching a strike, even though he believes he does not need their approval. today the president met with lawmakers, including his former rival on the campaign trail, republican senator john mccain, as i mentioned. after their meeting, senator mccain said the administration is pushing a goal it calls degrade and upgrade. >> we do want an articu
from the white house, the pentagon and the middle east. plans for a potential military strike on syria are clearly a tough sell here at home, but arizona senator john mccain, who ran against president obama for the white house, warns a no-vote from congress could be catastrophic. nearly two weeks has passed since at alleged massive and deadly chemical weapons attack inside syria. the u.s. claims the assault killed more than 1,400 people, including more than 400 children. and secretary of state...
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leaders of the pentagon have only begun to accept that. ears theys -- for y pretended that was not going to happen. weeks we havefew seen them wrestle with the questions about how we are going to meet the spending caps. host: i'll call from detroit, michigan on the line for republicans. caller: good morning. a few things i would like to discuss. the reason why we won't have a draft is because wealthy people their children will not have to go to war. i remember during the vietnam war were people enrolled in --lege and took back it basket weaving in order to get out of the draft. that is how the whole stand. i personally believe that not all the people who enlist our going there because they're wanted to be in the army. it is a matter of fact that they can't get a job here. that was just a side comment. on c-span, within the last few months, they had someone talking about the lavish lifestyle of generals and the upper officers, where they have lavish dinner parties with soldiers serving them. they live lives of luxury. i think, from what i'v
leaders of the pentagon have only begun to accept that. ears theys -- for y pretended that was not going to happen. weeks we havefew seen them wrestle with the questions about how we are going to meet the spending caps. host: i'll call from detroit, michigan on the line for republicans. caller: good morning. a few things i would like to discuss. the reason why we won't have a draft is because wealthy people their children will not have to go to war. i remember during the vietnam war were people...
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atneed to make real changes the pentagon. you have people who are authorizing this who do not want real changes. they like the status quo. ella onat are. -- twitter. i do not always agree with him but i know he would be a great president. any interest? frustration is high enough. it is time for me to go home before i get in real trouble. i have done and been where i am going to be. host: senator coburn's fourth wastebook. you can see that on his website, coburn.senate.gov. you can look through that report of about 100 different examples of waste and unnecessary spending by the government. ken from georgia on our line for republicans. glad tosenator coburn, see you on the program. i have seen you on the other discussingn fox, your latest addition of government waste. -- edition of government waste. as you mentioned, i was just watching a program where there is a move afoot to have an amending constitutional convention of where the states' legislatures have to put forth the idea of amending the constituti
atneed to make real changes the pentagon. you have people who are authorizing this who do not want real changes. they like the status quo. ella onat are. -- twitter. i do not always agree with him but i know he would be a great president. any interest? frustration is high enough. it is time for me to go home before i get in real trouble. i have done and been where i am going to be. host: senator coburn's fourth wastebook. you can see that on his website, coburn.senate.gov. you can look through...
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when i came to the pentagon, there were 492 recommendations in place. many of them dealt with mistreatment of detainees. 2006, ild also note by think we have prosecuted any number of soldiers, sailors, airmen or marines in the military court for detainee of use. a couple were for homicide. there was an ongoing legal process of a criminal nature for those who perpetrated the crimes. let me segue to the second part of your question about prosecuting of high government officials. the obama administration, when they came to office, took a look at specifically the cia's interpretation program and whether the legal advice provided to those running the orgram violated the law referral to the bars and they decided, although it was regretful and mistaken, that there were no crimes. you think the time for, as are suggesting, criminal accountability before the criminal court has passed. but i think that is with the state of play is. diana in massachusetts. diana, you are on the washington journal. caller: good morning charles and peter. i wanted to go back to the
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i don't know what his management experience is regarding the pentagon. little if any. so i think it's an incredibly controversial choice and it looks like the second term of barack obama is going to be an in-your-face term. >> stephanie: that is lindsay graham objecting to chuck hagel's nomination to be the next secretary of defense. and hague sell not the only nominee that will face opposition, and here with that story is democratic strategist peter fenn. thanks for joining us in "the war room" again. >> thanks. great to be with you governor. >> jennifer: okay is the president going to have a really big fight on his hands, or is this just a bunch of media making about it because a few are raising their head and objecting? >> it's really hard to tell how much the republicans are going to push this. they are itching for a fight, governor. they just got kind of beaten up. boehner is in trouble. so they are picking a fight with the president a bit on this one. lindsay graham is looking over his shoulder worried about his base, so you have got a little of that going on but
i don't know what his management experience is regarding the pentagon. little if any. so i think it's an incredibly controversial choice and it looks like the second term of barack obama is going to be an in-your-face term. >> stephanie: that is lindsay graham objecting to chuck hagel's nomination to be the next secretary of defense. and hague sell not the only nominee that will face opposition, and here with that story is democratic strategist peter fenn. thanks for joining us in...
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it's one that the pentagon is working on. the key factor is whether or not these cases should be taken outside the chain of command. that's what senator gillibrand is fighting for. not in the hierarchy not in the structure. a lot of push back from the senate armed services committee. hearing a lot from the pent gon, senator john mccain. >> i say it as passionately as to my colleagues, that if we do not trust the commanding officers who take our young men and women to battle our most precious asset, if we don't trust them we obviously had better reevaluate our entire structure of the military. >> now, john, another republican, lisa merkowski from the red state of alaska, a very promilitary state, just she said she heard too many cases that were just not followed up on. >> there are many, many commanders, we all know that. and while our code of justice, our code of military justice, may be uniform, i think that we're seeing strong evidence that its implementation is anything but uniform. >> now, the latest on this john is the g
it's one that the pentagon is working on. the key factor is whether or not these cases should be taken outside the chain of command. that's what senator gillibrand is fighting for. not in the hierarchy not in the structure. a lot of push back from the senate armed services committee. hearing a lot from the pent gon, senator john mccain. >> i say it as passionately as to my colleagues, that if we do not trust the commanding officers who take our young men and women to battle our most...
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what is pentagon's position? >> reporter: that's right. they don't want to see gillibrand's bill to pass. they want to make sure that military leaders are held accountable, but gillibrand has been pushing back against that. she has a coalition of senators and it's not all democrats or republicans on one side or the other. she has got people like senator ted cruz, more liberal members. it's splitting up among interesting lines. >> libby casey on capitol hill for us. >>> people in the midwest are spending another day sifting through what was once their homes after a string of tornadoes ripped through their towns on sunday. in one small town of washington, illinois, we're on the ground there, andy, it's day two, how are people coping, and i want to know what aid is not on the way, but what aid is actually on the ground there to help folks. >> reporter: well, actually, tony, team rubicon has arrived, a non-profit group of ex-war veterans who go around to natural disasters around the country. they use technology that was used to track terrorist
what is pentagon's position? >> reporter: that's right. they don't want to see gillibrand's bill to pass. they want to make sure that military leaders are held accountable, but gillibrand has been pushing back against that. she has a coalition of senators and it's not all democrats or republicans on one side or the other. she has got people like senator ted cruz, more liberal members. it's splitting up among interesting lines. >> libby casey on capitol hill for us. >>>...
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their spring throughout the entire region put you right smack at the foot of southern europe a former pentagon official tells r.t. about a way al qaida expansion is heading. and president obama is accused of direct encouraging u.s. intelligence to spy on chancellor merkel's phone calls a claim that the n.s.a. vigorously denies. the line from moscow this is are you with me tom with a let's take a look at our top story this hour. right a series of bomb blasts across iraq have left sixty six people dead and dozens more wounded most of the blast targeted shi'ite muslim districts around the capital baghdad they rockey government blames the daily attacks on sunni islam is linked to al qaida let's take a look at how the terrorist network became so powerful based in afghanistan from one thousand nine hundred sixty two thousand and one was under the protection of the taliban it was also present in pakistan and the jihad his group began a rapid expansion of to washington launched its war on terror in response to that september eleventh attacks prompted by the u.s. invasion in iraq the country's radical
their spring throughout the entire region put you right smack at the foot of southern europe a former pentagon official tells r.t. about a way al qaida expansion is heading. and president obama is accused of direct encouraging u.s. intelligence to spy on chancellor merkel's phone calls a claim that the n.s.a. vigorously denies. the line from moscow this is are you with me tom with a let's take a look at our top story this hour. right a series of bomb blasts across iraq have left sixty six...
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. >> shepard: secretary of defense leon panetta also warns the cuts with hit the pentagon especially hard. while a great deal of the money would come from military training units 000s of civilians could face big pay cuts and even layoffs. particularly in two states. jennifer griffin at the pentagon for us tonight. >> reporter: iif the deep budgt cuts go into effect in 8 days time the hardest hit states will be california and virginia. 17% of the defense cuts in virginia will likely fall on one community known as hampton roads. in fact, the human impact of the sequester on small businesses in this area, these businesses contract to the navy, it is already being felt. tom taylor owns a ship repair business near norfolk. some of his contracts with the navy are already in jeopardy. >> it is not like turning on a picket. you don't turn it on and turn it off. if it is canceled these things are are months or years in the planning stage. if they are canceled they don't come right back, you know. so that is pretty alarming. >> i want to know when am i looking dark am i getting laid off in mar
. >> shepard: secretary of defense leon panetta also warns the cuts with hit the pentagon especially hard. while a great deal of the money would come from military training units 000s of civilians could face big pay cuts and even layoffs. particularly in two states. jennifer griffin at the pentagon for us tonight. >> reporter: iif the deep budgt cuts go into effect in 8 days time the hardest hit states will be california and virginia. 17% of the defense cuts in virginia will likely...
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but the biggest dollar impact is going to be as david and i were talk a moment ago the pentagon. the pentagon gets hit harder than domestic departments. >> so much of the dialogue is finger pointing. who do you this will get blamed? >> the blame for the sequester is ridiculous. the congress passed. the president signed it. they all own it. they all got it. >> that was the point. >> that was the point. both parties consenting adults, knew that they were designing something that was designed to be so bad that it produced a deal. it's just that they haven't been able to get to the deal. in terms of who is winning the message ordinarily, it's a little hard to say. president obama has got the high side. he won the election. the public tends to support if you lay out all of the policy positions support where he's coming from, taxing the rich. but the idea of cutting spending is a very popular idea and republicans are riding that at a moment. gwen: except this new pew research showed that people weren't much for anything. it was hard to know whether it was because they don't like the id
but the biggest dollar impact is going to be as david and i were talk a moment ago the pentagon. the pentagon gets hit harder than domestic departments. >> so much of the dialogue is finger pointing. who do you this will get blamed? >> the blame for the sequester is ridiculous. the congress passed. the president signed it. they all own it. they all got it. >> that was the point. >> that was the point. both parties consenting adults, knew that they were designing...
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what point will the military effort have in the long run. >> jennifer griffin at the pentagon. thank you. even before secretary of state john kerry today made the case for a strike on the assad regime, the tension had been building across the middle east. saudi arabian officials have raised the alert level for the military, and in israel they have deployed parts of the iron dome defense system after iran said any strike on syria would lead to israel's imminent destruction. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is urging israelis not to change their daily routines but is vowing that israel will do whatever it needs to do in order to protect itself. leland is live in jerusalem. reporter: president assad of syria has also said there will be a retaliatory strike on tel aviv if the u.s. military decides to hit him. as if that is not enough to make israelis scared, look at the front page of the newspaper here. people lining up for gas masks. yesterday thousands of people were in line, many got gas masks, some did not. those who did not get them, they have to wait the weekend, friday and
what point will the military effort have in the long run. >> jennifer griffin at the pentagon. thank you. even before secretary of state john kerry today made the case for a strike on the assad regime, the tension had been building across the middle east. saudi arabian officials have raised the alert level for the military, and in israel they have deployed parts of the iron dome defense system after iran said any strike on syria would lead to israel's imminent destruction. prime minister...
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that the white house is ready to pull the cism a out of the drone warfare business and put it under pentagon control instead? >> i'm a little ticked because i got scooped by somebody else on a different website on my first day on msnbc. this is a big deal. we're basically going back to the fundamentals of what the cively a should be. and they should not be a power of military force. they have clear rules of engagement under title 50 of the united states code. the military is under title 10. there should be a military operation, a drone, because it is an instrument of war. and there should be one set of rules and regulations that we abide by. >> when you were in congress serving in armed services and intel, there's a split. do you think that it is as possible for congress to oversee the intelligence community as it is for them to oversee the military? is it harder to know what the cia is doing? >> it's much harder. for several reasons. one, all you're hearing in the intelligence committee, there's no staff, you're there. i remember i was, i take copious notes and i took a bunch of notes and i
that the white house is ready to pull the cism a out of the drone warfare business and put it under pentagon control instead? >> i'm a little ticked because i got scooped by somebody else on a different website on my first day on msnbc. this is a big deal. we're basically going back to the fundamentals of what the cively a should be. and they should not be a power of military force. they have clear rules of engagement under title 50 of the united states code. the military is under title...
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about an american sdier who died over the weekend in afghanistan while supporting the operation the pentagon calls enduring freedo was staff sergeant alex veoli from heller, texas. his unit was attacked by an i.e.d. while patroing in kandah. >>> it shows a near-vertical di into the ground. the crew had repted problems on landing. they were ming a secd attempt. all 50 on ard werekilled. the weher was clear. it was a 23-year-old boeing aircraft. >>> we'lbe covering this i eater pth, buthe airport in syracuse, new york, has installed new exit portals. meaning you're not aowed to just leave the airpt. you have to enter into a glass pod, wait for it to closeehind you, then wait for an automated ice and a green light. that's just t leave the building and walk out of the terminal. wheritics say it's the official rival of the police state, the airport saythey're in lieu of human security. and they do not contain rays. >>> well, the train wre continues in torontohere mayor rob ford today got into a heating argunt with the city council and spectators in the gaeryho were chanting "shame" at one point.
about an american sdier who died over the weekend in afghanistan while supporting the operation the pentagon calls enduring freedo was staff sergeant alex veoli from heller, texas. his unit was attacked by an i.e.d. while patroing in kandah. >>> it shows a near-vertical di into the ground. the crew had repted problems on landing. they were ming a secd attempt. all 50 on ard werekilled. the weher was clear. it was a 23-year-old boeing aircraft. >>> we'lbe covering this i eater...
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from therked all over pentagon all the way to down here in georgia. what i find, people are very hard workers. there is no doubt in my mind. maybe five percent of people don't have full-time jobs. the reality is, they are very hard workers, we are very patriotic. we are also very educated workers. the private sector, what we have to offer, the american public not getting their money's worth. andwaste is an paperwork the red tape that we have in government. if we can illuminate -- eliminate some of that waste, we can not have the cuts in my opinion. host: here is another perspective on the sequester story, front page of the "washington post" -- washington pays about 10% of the budget -- host: you can see a picture of a freshman in high school looking at what is happening in montana. another story addresses this issue in "usa today" -- is a region this reporter is looking at and showing there is an impact in terms of cuts in staffing. let's hear from new mexico, our independent line. caller: good morning. complaint or problem with this whole situation i
from therked all over pentagon all the way to down here in georgia. what i find, people are very hard workers. there is no doubt in my mind. maybe five percent of people don't have full-time jobs. the reality is, they are very hard workers, we are very patriotic. we are also very educated workers. the private sector, what we have to offer, the american public not getting their money's worth. andwaste is an paperwork the red tape that we have in government. if we can illuminate -- eliminate some...
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but barack, the out doing defense minister, made an unscheduled visit to the pentagon after he had his farewell visit back in november. it's not sure if these are the actions but it was the reported incident at the time. >> shep: at this time, we don't know what this is, or whether the sirrians will retaliate. >>> now, what may be the coolest picture of the day, a breaking news day, we'll settle with this. a lucky surfer caught a monster wave this week, and may have shattered his own record. it's just incredible. the wave estimated 100 feet. roughly the height of a 10 story building. if the guinness team verifies that number, the surfer will have broken his own record he said in 2011. >> how are you doing? >> i'm good, getting ready to sit down for dinner. >> a 100-foot wave? >> i don't know, it was definitely a huge wave, but as far as the measure being, i have no idea. i just love to surf, and i'm not in charge of measuring >> shep: i wonder what it's like to have something like that. in the middle of what is your passion, and all of a sudden, here you have this incredible thing goin
but barack, the out doing defense minister, made an unscheduled visit to the pentagon after he had his farewell visit back in november. it's not sure if these are the actions but it was the reported incident at the time. >> shep: at this time, we don't know what this is, or whether the sirrians will retaliate. >>> now, what may be the coolest picture of the day, a breaking news day, we'll settle with this. a lucky surfer caught a monster wave this week, and may have shattered his...
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secretary of defense he is the first such presidential nominee for pentagon chief this is happened to the senators claiming they need more time for another hearing as are he's going to judge you can comments. those who blocked the vote on chuck hagel nomination this thursday know very well that he will eventually be confirmed as defense secretary there are enough votes in the senate to confirm him but the stalling of the vote together with the humiliating treatment that the senators gave chuck hagel two weeks ago at his confirmation hearing this whole process is seen as a message all by itself those lawmakers showed that they could crush anyone who would allow themselves to dissent from washington's core foreign policy beliefs chuck hagel remarks at the confirmation hearing disappointed even his supporters during the hearing which to many seemed like an inclusive mr haygood had to backtrack on many of the statements he had made before including that war with iran should not be an option including his criticism of israel's actions and some other foreign policy views that he had express
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host: what is up first for the pentagon? guest: they got through a tough defense authorization bill. that sets policy. they have been reducing spending. this was part of the budget control act. host: is that plan set? guest: after 2013, they will have more discretion as to how cuts will be applied. there is still the threat of sequester. they gave themselves about two months to try to find the kind of savings that would avert a sequester. their caps that are set in law that say how much you can spend on defense. host: the defense authorization bill had authorized a budget of $633 billion for defense. $80 billion for the afghanistan war. does that address those cuts that have to be made? guest: the bill set aside what would happen to the overseas contingency operations fund, the war funding. the overseas funding does fall. but those numbers are expected to climb. it was $158 billion or so for that. we're on a glide path out of afghanistan so those numbers will decline. host: to know what chuck hagel has said about sequestrati
host: what is up first for the pentagon? guest: they got through a tough defense authorization bill. that sets policy. they have been reducing spending. this was part of the budget control act. host: is that plan set? guest: after 2013, they will have more discretion as to how cuts will be applied. there is still the threat of sequester. they gave themselves about two months to try to find the kind of savings that would avert a sequester. their caps that are set in law that say how much you can...